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Literary Elements. The Crucible. Dialogue. Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. Stage Directions. An instruction in the text of a play, esp. one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The CrucibleLITERARY ELEMENTS
Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a
book, play, or movie
DIALOGUE
An instruction in the text of a play, esp. one indicating the movement, position, or tone
of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Essential background information conferred
through dialogue prior to rise of action in a play or film
DRAMATIC EXPOSITION
A warning or indication of (a future event)
FORESHADOWING
The place or type of surroundings where
something is positioned or where an event takes place
SETTING
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it
explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
ALLUSION
A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of
a theatrical or broadcast program
MONOLOGUE
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by
oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character
in a play
SOLILOQUY
A remark or passage by a character in a play that is
intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
ASIDE
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the
writer as an interrelated sequence
PLOT
Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is
understood by the audience but not by the characters in
the play
DRAMATIC IRONY
Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses
words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the
literal meaning
VERBAL IRONY
A fallacy in logical argumentation
LOGICAL FALLACY
The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the
climax
RISING ACTION
The most intense, exciting, or important point of
something; a culmination or apex
CLIMAX
The events of a drama after the climax (or crisis) but
before the denouement (or resolution)
FALLING ACTION
The action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter
RESOLUTION
A person in a novel, play, or movie
CHARACTER
Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures,
or speeches
CHARACTERIZATION
Indirect- the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc. Direct- the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets. Flat- an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author. Round-a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author. Dynamic-A character who undergoes change in the story Static- A character who goes through little or no chance in the story
Where the author creates a character whose primary
purpose is to create a contrast to another character
by laying emphasis or drawing attention to the
latter’s traits and characteristics through the
former’s obviously contradictory ones
FOIL
A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
CONFLICT
Internal-A struggle/ conflict within the mind of a characterExternal- A struggle between a character and an outside force like nature or another character
The main subject that is being discussed or described
in a piece of writing
THEME
A comparison between two unlike things that continues
throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or
lines in a poem
EXTENDED METAPHOR
The leading character or one of the major characters in a
drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
PROTAGONIST
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to
someone or something; an adversary
ANTAGONIST
Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and
satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh
COMEDY
An event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural
catastrophe
TRAGEDY
Dominant impression or emotional atmosphere
evoked by the text
MOOD
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
TONE
EX: Pokes fun at the fact that they think they are doing the right thing